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Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…
Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversy concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiastical government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlessness of the chief objections made against the Presbyterial government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversie concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiasticall government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlesnesse of the chief objections made against the Presbyteriall government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...
London: printed by E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
where we grow not by it, it is a sign this food was not digested but vomited up again tWhere faith, repentance, thankfulness, and obedience are not increased, there Christ crucified was not remembered. But how can there be any nourishment in grace, or any increase of grace in those who come to the Sacrament, without the first grace, or in the state of unregeneration?
where we grow not by it, it is a signe this food was not digested but vomited up again tWhere faith, repentance, thankfulnesse, and obedience are not increased, there Christ crucified was not remembred. But how can there be any nourishment in grace, or any increase of grace in those who come to the Sacrament, without the first grace, or in the state of unregeneration?
- tPolan. Synt lib. 6. cap. 56. He holds that omnes illi qui scandala praebent & non resipiscunt serio, a mensa Domini sunt arcendi. 1. Quia si infideles & impoenitèntes ad Coenam Domini admitterentur, profanaretur foedus Dei, tam communicando Symbola foederis iis quibus Deus nihil promittit, quam usu•pando Symbola sacra sine fide & resipistentia. 2. Quia polluerent & contaminarent eibum & potum consecra•um, quem Christus non destinavit nisi suis domesticis & fidelibus &c. 6. Quia incredulos & manifeste impios Christus prohibuit admitti ad sacram Coenam: nam instituit illam solis fidelibus.
Fourthly, That Ordinance which is instituted only for believers and justified persons, is no converting but sealing Ordinance. But the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is instituted only for believers and justified persons. Ergo. The Proposition hath light enough in it self; for converting Ordinances do belong even to unjustified and unconverted persons. Therefore that which is instituted only for believers is no converting Ordinance. All the Question will be of the Assumption, which I shall the rather confirm, because it is the very principle from which Polanus and others argue for the suspension of scandalous